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Principal’s Report

IMPORTANT DATES – TERM 4

Mon 19th Oct – Girls Interschool Cricket

Tues 20th Oct – Boys Interschool Cricket

Wed 21st Oct – School Council Meeting

Wed 28th & Thurs 29th Oct – Alice In Wonderland Jnr

Tues 3rd Nov – Melbourne Cup Public Holiday

Thurs 12th & Fri 13th Nov – Pathways to PE Trip

Tues 17th – Thurs 19th Nov – Yr 9 Surf Camp

Wed 25th Nov – MSC Enrolment Night 3.30 – 6.30pm

Mon 23rd -Fri 27th Nov - Yr 10 Exam Revision

Mon 30th Oct to Wed 2nd Nov – Yr 10 Exams

Thurs 3rd Dec – Graduation Dinner

Fri 4th Dec – Student Free Day

Tues 8th & Wed 9th Dec – Yr 6 Transition/Yr 10 Orientation Day

Wed 9th Dec – School Council Meeting

Tues 15th Dec – ISC Awards Night

Fri 18th Dec – Term 4 concludes 2.30pm

Acting Principal’s Report

Welcome back to all staff and students for Term 4. I hope you all had a refreshing

holiday period with family and friends, enjoyed the many local and national sporting

finals that were on over the break, and are re-energised for the final Term of the year.

There are many busy weeks coming up on the calendar so it is important that everyone

notes down calendar dates and key events that they wish to be involved in.

Our major focus (as always) is on learning and improvement. These areas of a student’s

development are in focus even more this term, as students receive results, undertake examinations,

and are acknowledged with awards and recognition throughout this term for their efforts which is a

culmination of a hard year’s work. As staff, we’ll be working hard with students to get them to

perform at and above expected levels in assessment tasks and on learning outcomes. Of special

commendation are our results in the Australian Mathematics Competition published in this newsletter.

Our Performing Arts program has continued over the holiday break with students rehearsing for the

upcoming performance of “Alice in Wonderland”. This Irymple Secondary College production will

be held on Wednesday 28th October and Thursday 29th October starting at 7.00pm at the Mildura

Arts Centre. Please come along and support our wonderfully talented students and dedicated staff -

tickets can be purchased at the ISC Office or at the Arts Centre on the night. Adults $10 Children $5

Family $25.

We also have two matinee performances being held which will see our students performing in front

of audiences of district primary school students.

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Irymple Secondary College

“I’M LATE, I’M LATE, FOR A VERY IMPORTANT DATE!” Don’t be late to book your tickets to our wonderful production

ALICE IN WONDERLAND Wed 28th & Thurs 29th Oct

Contact or call into the office today!

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Acting Principal’s Report continued…

Our sporting program has also received strong accolades, with our school taking out the Junior

Shield at the recent interschool Athletics Carnival, then further success for students at regionals last

week culminating in Jordan Stainer, Julian Rayner and John Salatielu eligible for the State finals!

Congratulations to our three students who competed in regional golf championships last Friday. Well

done to Tarsha Hawley who won her section with 81; she now goes on to the Victorian

Championships. Lachie Timms and James Prictor also competed recording fantastic results.

Also over the Term 3 holidays our China Exchange students and staff members, Garry Costello, Jarrod

Kee and Kate Douglas continued their tour of our host sister school in China. We welcome Mia

Welsch, our new Southern Cross Exchange student from Germany and hope that she has a great

time at ISC and living in Sunraysia with host sister Emily Williams and her family.

Staffing

Congratulations to Ms Brodie Ahorn who has accepted a Term 4 contract to teach Mathematics to

our students.

A further congratulations to Ms Karen Boyce who has been appointed Acting Assistant Principal for

this final school term.

State Government announces Indicative Budgets

All schools across Victoria will be receiving extra funding

through their budgets for 2016. This was announced by the

State Government late last Term. Our school will receive a

boost in our funding for next year of just over $150,000 which is

expected to be used on implementing specialist programs to

improve student outcomes. The school is currently looking at

strategic ways we can utilise this extra funding for programs

and student support. Increases in school budgets across the

State have been variable from very small to very significant.

The greatest increases in funding for secondary schools will be

going to schools dealing with a high percentage of students

from low socio-economic/disadvantaged backgrounds, and

those with a high percentage of students entering secondary

school with lower than expected literacy and/or numeracy

skills. Primary schools will also receive more funding on

average across the State than secondary schools, to support

early years learning.

HTAV – History Teachers’ Association of Victoria – Winning

Prize

In the holidays, ISC History teacher Kara Taylor won a $20,000

prize for our school through the Latitude Group Travel which

can be used to subsidise students travelling to places of

historical significance. Our Humanities faculty are now

working through some scenarios as possibilities to access this

prize and fully support the further enrichment of history and

cultural awareness to our students’ lives.

School Council Meeting

The next scheduled school council meeting will be held on

Wednesday 21st October.

Finance Committee 6.00pm; Full committee 6.30pm.

Mrs Anne Symes - Acting Principal Term 4

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Principal’s Report

Assistant Principal’s Report

Term 4

Who can believe we are three quarters of the way through the year! We have a lot happening in

Term 4 with the Alice in Wonderland School Production, Year 9 Surf Trip and Year 10 Pathways to PE

Trip, Interschool Basketball and Cricket as well as various other extra-curricular activities. However,

we must not forget the core business of teaching and learning.

Students are encouraged to understand and complete work to their best ability. Before we know it,

reports will need to be written. Homework club is offered after school for an hour every Wednesday

and Thursday. The school portal is used by all teaching staff to keep students and parents informed

of due dates for assessment tasks.

I encourage all students to make the most of all opportunities provided to engage in their schooling

and achieve success.

Year 10 Leadership Positions 2016

Next week we will be inviting our current Year 9 students to nominate themselves for one or more of

the Leadership positions in 2016.

School Captain and House Captain Candidates will need to prepare a speech.

If interested in applying, I suggest you begin by talking to the current leaders. We will also be calling

for Peer Mentors who will be required to attend a two day training course at the end of November.

Detailed Information will be given to students at the Year Level assembly on Thursday, 22nd

November.

Karen Boyce - Acting Assistant Principal Term 4

Year 8 Tasmania Camp

Last newsletter, the article about Year 8 camp was incorrectly attributed to Mrs

McClure, the Year 8 Coordinator.

The article was in fact written by Georgia Leutner and Edie Hopgood, Year 8

students who attended the camp.

Apologies for that, girls.

Mrs Rebecca McClure – Yr 8 Coordinator

Mia Welsch - Southern Cross Exchange student from Germany What do you like about Australia?

I love the warm weather, in Germany it hardly gets over 30°C in summer. Also

everyone is really relaxed and friendly towards new people and I had a

great welcome to Irymple. And I love most Australian animals like Kangaroos

and Koalas.

How is your German school different compared to here at Irymple?

In my school we don't have a school uniform and the classes are different.

We only have about 15 people in each class and between 6 and 8 classes

each day. Also we don't have a 2 week timetable and not such a big variety

in creative and practical subjects as you have at Irymple.

What has been your best experience in Australia so far?

A few weeks ago I was feeding a kangaroo which was also the first time I

saw a real life kangaroo and that was one of the main goals for my stay in

Australia. I never thought kangaroos are so fluffy.

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Loddon Mallee Region Athletics Championships

Irymple Secondary College was well represented at the Loddon-Mallee Region Athletics carnival

held in Bendigo last Thursday October 8th with 24 competitors attending the meet. All competitors

must be commended on their behaviour and for performing so well, especially considering the early

start to the day for most of us who travelled by bus (we were on the road by just after 5:00am.) Two

students travelled down with parents on the morning of the competition.

We had three individual winners as well a number of podium finishes. Winners on the day were

Jordan Stainer in the 13 Yrs Boys 800m, John Salatielu in the 16 Yrs Boys Discus and Julian Rayner in the

12-15 Yrs Boys 1500m walk.

Other results from the day were:

Chloe Barker 2nd in the Girls 13 Yrs 800m and 5th in the 1500m

Archer Zambelli 2nd in the Boys 13 Yrs Javelin

James Atonio 2nd in the Boys 14 Yrs Shot Put

Shaun Jackson 2nd in the Boys 12-15 Yrs 1500m walk

Jake Barker 3rd in the Boys 16 Yrs 400m and 1500m, 4th in the 800m and 5th in the TJ

Alex Young 3rd in the Girls 13 Yrs High Jump

Aliza Benchmo 3rd in the Girls 16 Yrs 1500m

John Salatielu 4th in the Boys 16 Yrs Shot Put

Kendall McLean 4th in the Girls 14 Yrs Javelin

Deklan Loveridge 5th in the Boys 14 Yrs 100 and 200m

Bryce Thomas 5th in the Boys 16 Yrs Long Jump

Tom Reddy 7th in the 15 Yrs 1500m

We had 4 relay teams competing on the day with the results as follows:

13 Yrs Girls - Chloe Milne, Brooke Hards, Annabel Hocking, Chloe Barker – 3rd

14 Yrs Boys - Deklan Loveridge, Lochlan Lloyd, Jarod Harcoan, Beau Smith – 3rd

16 Yrs Boys - Jake Barker, John Salatielu, Bryce Thomas, Kwan Kinnersly – 3rd

16 Yrs Girls - Aliza Benchmo, Tarlia Couzner, Shalailah Carter, Demi Wall – 4th

As a result of their performances, Jordan, John and Julian (above) qualify for the State finals which

will b e held next Tuesday October 20th at the State Athletics Centre at Albert Park in Melbourne.

We would like to thank all competitors for their behaviour and effort throughout the day and

congratulate our winners for their success and wish them best of luck for the State Finals.

Loddon Mallee Region Golf Championships Congratulations to Tarsha Hawley of Yr 9 who won the Junior Girls competition at the

LMR Golf Championships held at Rich River Golf and Country Club Moama last Friday

9th October. Tarsha performed exceptionally well to win the stroke event with a total

of 81 off the stick which also gave her second place in the handicap event.

Congratulations as well to Lachie Timms of Yr 9 and James Prictor of Yr 7 who also

competed at the LMR championships. Lachie missed the cut to compete in the state

championships by 2 strokes while James came 3rd in the Handicap event. As a result

of her performance at Rich River, Tarsha qualified for the State Golf Championships

which will be played on Friday 30th October. Thanks to parents Brad Hawley and John

Prictor for taking the three students across to Moama for the competition.

Mr Steve Morrish – Sport Coordinator

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Maths Competition Results Congratulations to the following students for the terrific results obtained in the annual Australian

Mathematics Competition.

DISTINCTION

Yr 7 Emily Schmidt Yr 8 Damon Morris & Joshua Fangaloka Yr 9 Izaak Luitjes Yr 10 Thomas Moore

Distinction Certificates will be handed out at either the Year Level Assembly or at Whole School

Assembly.

CREDIT, PROFICIENCY & PARTICIPATION

Year 7

Caleb Davis, James Prictor, Cooper Lea, Shakara Delcastegne, Rory Morgan,

Nathan Curran, Brayden Lloyd, Harry Primis, Cade Murphy, Jack Bennett

Year 8

Ally Young, Bailey Aitkins, Lachlan Fangaloka, Joseph Irvine, Angus Cole,

Eliza Bessell-Tafengatoto, Alec Matthews

Year 9

Samiuela Fangaloka, Daniel Harberger, Caleb Garraway, Jordyn Ward, Tarsha Hawley,

Ross Panaretos, Chloe Niutta, Lily Tindall, Isobel North

Year 10

Jake Barker, Kyle Milner, Kwan Kinnersly, Peter Callipari, Jessica Bath, Mitchell Hynoski,

Aliza Benchmo, Brooke Tremelling

Congratulations to all students who entered and received Credit and Participation Certificates. Their

certificates will be handed out in class.

Mrs Mohini Barrett – Maths Coordinator

PE Classes and PE Uniform Another friendly reminded as of term 4, students will not be allowed to

wear their PE uniform to school if they have PE session 1 and 2.

Students will need to wear full school uniform to school and bring their

PE clothes to get changed into at the beginning of the lesson.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Mrs Michelle Beswick - Health & PE Coordinator

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ISC IS ALWAYS FULL OF ACTIVITY! A snapshot of some of the exciting things our students have been busy with.

Look out for more photos and articles on Spring Carnival and the China Exhange in the next newsletter!

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TICKET

RESERVATION

Payment is required at the General Office and tickets will be issued at the start of Term 4

For ticket enquires please phone 5024 5407 or email irymple.sc@edumail.vic.gov.au

THE STUDENT WHO SELLS AND PAYS FOR THE MOST RESERVATION TICKETS SOLD WILL RECEIVE

TWO COMPLIMENTARY TICKETS TO THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR CHOICE!

NAME TICKET TYPE (Please indicate which)

Adult $10 Child $5

Family (2 adults, 2 children under 10) $25

DATE (Please tick which)

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Wed 28th – 7pm

Thurs 29th – 7pm

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Your contact phone number:_____________________

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UNIFORM REQUIREMENTS AND SUPPLIERS Lowes Mildura are the offical supplier of the Irymple Secondary College Uniform.

Below is an important reminder of the uniform requirements at the College.

Girls Uniform

Polo T- Shirt White or navy with ISC logo.

Polo Long sleeve shirt White or navy with ISC logo.

Skirt Grey, straight with zip pocket.

Shorts Grey with elastic waist OR grey, tailored & cuffed

Dress Irymple Secondary College regulation fabric

School Track pants Dark grey fleece with ISC logo

Pants Grey, long stretch fabric

Trousers Grey, long with elastic

Rugby Top Wool blend, washable, light blue with dark blue

and white stripes with ISC logo.

Jumper – Wool knit Navy, knitted V-neck with ISC logo

Jumper – Windcheater Navy crew-neck jumper with ISC

logo

Jumper – Polar Fleece Navy polar fleece jumper with logo

Tights Navy, 70 denier

Socks White or grey

Hat Navy – wide brim

Black Shoes with black or white laces

Boys Uniform

Polo T- Shirt White or navy with ISC logo.

Polo Long sleeve shirt White or navy with ISC logo.

Shorts Grey with elastic waist

School Track pants Dark grey fleece with ISC logo

Trousers Grey, long with elastic

Rugby Top Wool blend, washable, light blue with dark blue

and white stripes with ISC logo.

Jumper – Windcheater Navy crew-neck jumper with ISC

logo

Jumper – Polar Fleece Navy polar fleece jumper with logo

Socks White or grey

Hat Navy – wide brim

Black Shoes with black or white laces

Physical Education (PE) Uniform (Boys & Girls)

T-shirt - White and Blue with ISC logo

Shorts – Navy, basketball shorts, short or long in length

PLEASE NOTE: Hoodies and Beanies are not permitted, Scarves are to be grey, white or navy only

Irymple Secondary College thanks the following sponsors

For every pair of school shoes or runners

purchased from the Athletes Foot $5.00

goes to the school to be put towards

sporting equipment. This offer is open to

students and parents who purchase

shoes from the Athletes Foot. If you’re in

the market for a new pair of shoes,

please consider purchasing them from

the Athletes Foot and let the shop

assistant know that you are from ISC.

We thank you for your support.

Shop T47 Mildura Central

Cnr 15 St & Deakin Ave, Mildura

Phone: 03 5021 0463